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Welcome to the Nettlesome Life. I document my adventures in herbal soap making, growing food, foraging for wild edibles and making things by hand. Hope you have a nice stay!

Our Holiday Soap Collection is HERE

Our Holiday Soap Collection is HERE

If you close your eyes and think about Thanksgiving and Christmas and the holidays, what comes up first? It’s probably tastes and smells. The smells of the holidays are joyful and warming. Sweet orange and cloves, cinnamon ginger, peppermint and fir and pine.

Now you can have those beautiful, real smells of the holidays in your skincare.

Our holiday herbal soap collection is back. As always each soap is infused with real essential oils, no fragrance oils here.

“Wintery Walk” is the essence of holiday cheer whether it’s bringing in your tree or walking in woods after the first snow fall. This is a perfect Christmas gift soap for the man in your life. Pair it with an olive green wash cloth or fir colored wash cloth and you have an easy quick gift for any guy in your life from fathers, uncles, husbands or even that neighbor that helped you fix a flat tire.



“Yule Spice” is the perfect kitchen soap. The bright, crisp, citrusy and smell of sweet orange mingles with warm spices cloves to create a soap that makes you want to wash your hands again and again. It has a fantastic lather thanks to coconut and castor oil and won’t leave your hands feeling dry. This is a fantastic gift for men and women.




“Candy Clean” is for all the kids both young and old who can’t help but sneak a candy cane off the tree. This soap is infused with real peppermint essential oil, giving it a cool feeling when you wash with it.

You can purchase each soap separately or save when you bundle with our Three Pack or Holiday Gift box. The holiday soap gift box is a perfect quick gifting when you want a sustainable, natural eco-friendly gift.

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“From Cooking Pot to Healing Cup: The Overlap Between Culinary and Medicinal Herbs”

“From Cooking Pot to Healing Cup: The Overlap Between Culinary and Medicinal Herbs”